github - ghsa-5qqg-rm38-6wmq

ghsa-5qqg-rm38-6wmq

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-10-31 19:00

Modified

2022-11-01 19:00

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

The WP Word Count WordPress plugin through 3.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-3408"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-10-31T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The WP Word Count WordPress plugin through 3.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.",
  "id": "GHSA-5qqg-rm38-6wmq",
  "modified": "2022-11-01T19:00:29Z",
  "published": "2022-10-31T19:00:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3408"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/395bc893-2067-4f76-b49f-9ed8e1e8f330"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

cve-2022-3408

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-10-31 00:00

Modified

2025-05-06 20:15

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

WP Word Count <= 3.2.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/395bc893-2067-4f76-b49f-9ed8e1e8f330

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Unknown	WP Word Count

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          {
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          }
        ],
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